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Expletives and Phrasal Verbs
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Here are the abbreviations and codes I use when scoring your revised essays. Follow provided links for more information about the topics!
CODE
WHAT IT MEANS
LINKS TO LEARN MORE!
TS
topic sentence
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/29/
TRANS
transition
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/32/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-use-transition-words.aspx
sv
sentence variety
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/05/
Revision Checklist.pdf
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/sentence-length.aspx
Olympus High Writer's Guide
AWK
awkward, confusing, or otherwise
not fluent sentence structure
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/600/1/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-write-clear-sentences.aspx
FQ
"floating" quote
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/
Revision Checklist.pdf
Olympus High Writer's Guide
MLA
MLA
documentation
of quotes
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/03/
Revision Checklist.pdf
Olympus High Writer's Guide
DW
"Dead Word"
may be vague, too informal, or otherwise problematic for this kind of writing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/05/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/06/
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PV
passive voice
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/721/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/05/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/06/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx
EXP
expletive
Expletives and Phrasal Verbs.pdf
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/
CLICHE/PhV
phrasal verb
Expletives and Phrasal Verbs.pdf
WORDY
verbosity
, lack of word economy
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/635/1/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-write-clear-sentences.aspx
ANT.
antecedent
(usually a missing or confusing antecendent to a pronoun)
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/pronouns-and-antecedents.aspx
Expletives and Phrasal Verbs.pdf
FRAG
sentence fragment
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/33/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/sentence-fragments-grammar.aspx
R/O
run-on sentence
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/run-on-sentences.aspx
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/33/
C/S
comma splice
(a type of run-on sentence)
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-splice.aspx
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/34/
II
parallelism
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/35/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/623/1/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/false-series-parallel-construction.aspx
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Here are the abbreviations and codes I use when scoring your revised essays. Follow provided links for more information about the topics!
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/29/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-use-transition-words.aspx
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/05/
Revision Checklist.pdf
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/sentence-length.aspx
Olympus High Writer's Guide
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-write-clear-sentences.aspx
Revision Checklist.pdf
Olympus High Writer's Guide
Revision Checklist.pdf
Olympus High Writer's Guide
may be vague, too informal, or otherwise problematic for this kind of writing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/05/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/06/
Olympus High Writer's Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/1/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/05/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/539/06/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/active-voice-versus-passive-voice.aspx
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/02/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/03/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/635/1/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/how-to-write-clear-sentences.aspx
(usually a missing or confusing antecendent to a pronoun)
Expletives and Phrasal Verbs.pdf
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/sentence-fragments-grammar.aspx
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/33/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/34/
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/623/1/
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/false-series-parallel-construction.aspx